REM COYING IBD FILES FROM ONE VERSION TO THE NEXT REM You will need to know the exact structure of the table (the CREATE TABLE statement). REM REM Create the table with the same structure. REM Run ALTER TABLE table_name DISCARD TABLESPACE; REM Copy the ibd file to table_name.ibd in the target location REM Run ALTER TABLE table_name IMPORT TABLESPACE; REM REM This may not work if you didn't FLUSH TABLES table_name FOR EXPORT; before you backed it up. mysqldump -p -d --host=localhost --port=3306 --user=root --password=dbas --routines --triggers --events market_data> market_data_schema.dat mysqldump -p -d --host=localhost --port=3306 --user=root --password=dbas --routines --triggers --events portfolio_data> portfolio_data_schema.dat